Iris Peacock moves with her dog Pol to a remote village by the sea. There she meets animal rights activist Marcel, who convinces her little by little of the need to intervene in the way people treat other animals.

Marcel has his own ideas about what needs to be done, taking a certain amount of risk for granted, for himself and others. He makes mailbombs in a shed in his garden. Iris helps him throw them through butchers’ mailboxes at night. At the height of the national attention their resistance generates, the inevitable happens: someone is hurt.

Peacock is a novel about people and other animals that is as confrontational as it is tragicomic, about thinking for yourself and wanting to do the right thing in a world where it isn’t always clear what the right things is.

‘In clear and vivid language, Eva Meijer describes a cautious love story, beautiful reflections on the lives of humans and animals, a couple of unsettling attacks on butcheries, and tragicomic scenes in prison and court.’ – NRC

‘Veganism meets Breaking Bad.’ – Veganisme Blog